Abishai100
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This is a consumerism-parody trial-drama symbolic of the commerce/media focus of our traffic-sensitive TrumpUSA.
It was inspired by one episode of Batman: The Animated Series titled Trial. and references the two DC Comics avatars Lady Shiva and Mad Hatter.
Cheers,
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As crowds gathered around the new courthouse in Brooklyn to see the course the anticipated trial of Batman, presided over by Jervis Tetch and Sandra Woosan, CNN journalists were on hand, trying to connect this consumerism criminal-insanity case involving the sale of water-guns to inner-city youth with a recent incendiary statement made by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the 'criminality' of financially-challenged sectors of American society.
The judge for the case was dressed as a jester for the sake of the theatricality of the televised courtroom-drama. However, Judge Napier was very professional and interested to see the legal intricacies of this consumerism and hence capitalism symbolic case. Woosan had hired a shrewd assistant-prosecutor named Shirley Temple to help her deal with this case, which saw the iconic American vigilante Batman on trial. If Batman was found guilty, he'd have to publicly remove his mask and reveal his identity. The courtroom cameras were provided by a pirate-radio station, while CNN journalists were ordered to remain outside during the proceedings.
Batman was chasing the nefarious Gotham City terrorist Ra's al Ghul, an Algerian who traveled to America to create an anarchistic-dominion in American cities. Ra's al Ghul distributed water-guns to kids in Gotham and New York boroughs before kidnapping the NYC mayor's daughter and holding her for ransom. Batman tracked Ra's to a desert where he was holding the mayor's daughter as hostage and decapitated him with his sword before dealing with his henchmen and rescuing the mayor's daughter. However, Sandra Woosan wanted to prosecute Batman for egregious punishment/violence, especially since everyone wanted to bring in Ra's al Ghul for interrogation and a televised interview. Woosan wanted to know what Batman had to say about Ra's 'scheme' about the symbolic distribution of water-guns to inner-city youth.
BATMAN: You wanted Ra's for a glorious media spectacle!
WOOSAN: The city wanted information and knowledge, and you behaved like a 'punisher.'
BATMAN: I did what I had to do to rescue the mayor's daughter.
WOOSAN: So what exactly do you think about Ra's' 'water-gun' spectacle?
BATMAN: Distributing water-guns to inner-city youth before kidnapping the mayor's daughter?
WOOSAN: Yes...
BATMAN: I think Ra's wanted us all to feel a bit helpless about 'modern civilization.'
WOOSAN: Yet, you had no hesitation with decapitating Ra's before he was legally tried?
BATMAN: Ra's was going to execute the mayor's daughter...I know it!
WOOSAN: Ra's' testimony was important for a deliberation about capitalism-terrorism.
BATMAN: Forget it, Sandra; Ra's cared nothing for 'due process' or 'debates.'
WOOSAN: Yet, you yourself admit he was certainly 'criminally-insane.'
BATMAN: I felt at the time I killed him that Ra's was incapable of any form of negotiation.
WOOSAN: So now that you're his 'replacement', what is your advice about water-guns?
BATMAN: I think this trial represents a social madness regarding consumerism ignorance.
WOOSAN: Alright; so you believe water-gun sales are simply representative of 'vanity.'
Sandra excused Batman from the stand, so that her 'opponent,' Jervis Tetch could present his counter-arguments in the form of a straightforward speech about water-guns, Ra's extreme execution, consumerism values, and the modern American city (and of course Batman!).
"Good people of Brooklyn, you know that Sandra Woosan and I (Jervis Tetch) were refugees during the Algerian terrorism crisis of the last decade and have since been 'integrated' into Gotham society as legal specialists and political counselors of this good nation. I respect Sandra's views and understand why her fans refer to her as 'Lady Shiva' (an allusion to Hinduism), while calling me the 'Mad Hatter' (an allusion to Lewis Carroll). From her interrogation of Batman, we saw that our 'good knight' (the masked vigilante) believes extreme execution of punishment was warranted when all this 'consumerism madness' led to a terrible circumstance involving a prestigious hostage and her potential extermination. We also saw that modern-day consumerism enables a cunning terrorist such as Ra's al Ghul to create 'insanity-schemes' designed to subvert traffic securities. So my question is simple, 'Is modern capitalism a thing of struggle'?"
Batman knew that Jervis's speech would provide the jury with a fair amount of empathy towards Batman's personal 'crusade' against terrorism and criminal-insanity in the modern American city, encouraging the judge/jury to consider why Batman's extreme act of punishment may have been a deed of 'swift justice' in a condition marked by obvious hysteria. However, Batman was worried that Sandra's insistence that Batman's neglect of due process and disregard for Gotham's interest in interviewing Ra's al Ghul on TV might influence the judge/jury to consider the 'wisdom' of condemning Batman for taking matters into his own hands. Batman also remembered all the colorful 'Lady Shiva' comic book memento trading-cards kids were distributing on the streets of Gotham. Batman felt the ill-wind of negative opinion swinging towards him...would he have to remove his sacred mask in front of the cameras?
The judge decided to allow Batman to speak in his own defense, so he did.
"Thanks, Judge Napier. I want to show the jury this stick-figure doodle a Gotham youngster made and presented to me. It depicts me in my cape-and-mask standing next to one of the Gotham monsters, a criminally-insane chainsaw-wielding sociopath named 'Leatherface.' The youngster obviously wanted to thank me, and in fact, he told me, I feel better about Home Depot hardware stores making it easy for anyone to walk in and purchase a dangerous chainsaw'! I was touched by this doodle-drawing and what the youngster told me and how he thanked me. It dawned on me that more important than considerations about 'due process' (e.g., bringing Ra's in for a 'politically-valuable TV interview') are considerations about 'justice fears' (e.g., worries regarding the immediate rescue of the mayor's daughter). I hope the jury will agree!"
After the jury deliberated for about two hours, they delivered the verdict of Not-Guilty, and Batman was freed and not required to remove his 'psyche-sacred' identity-veiling mask. The jury found that Batman was not guilty of the charge of obstructing justice or due-process when he decapitated Ra's al Ghul with one of Ra's' own sabres, since it was deemed that the return of the mayor's daughter was more important than any 'civics' consideration about a politically-weighty televised 'consumerism-evangelical' interview of Ra's al Ghul. Sandra Woosan fumed in anger, and Jervis Tetch smiled in delight. Batman returned to the streets, tracking his newest nemesis, a fast-food 'cynic' named Condiment King (a costumed sociopath who sprayed ketchup and mustard into the eyes of cops and vendors before slitting their throats).
THE END
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It was inspired by one episode of Batman: The Animated Series titled Trial. and references the two DC Comics avatars Lady Shiva and Mad Hatter.
Cheers,
====
As crowds gathered around the new courthouse in Brooklyn to see the course the anticipated trial of Batman, presided over by Jervis Tetch and Sandra Woosan, CNN journalists were on hand, trying to connect this consumerism criminal-insanity case involving the sale of water-guns to inner-city youth with a recent incendiary statement made by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the 'criminality' of financially-challenged sectors of American society.
The judge for the case was dressed as a jester for the sake of the theatricality of the televised courtroom-drama. However, Judge Napier was very professional and interested to see the legal intricacies of this consumerism and hence capitalism symbolic case. Woosan had hired a shrewd assistant-prosecutor named Shirley Temple to help her deal with this case, which saw the iconic American vigilante Batman on trial. If Batman was found guilty, he'd have to publicly remove his mask and reveal his identity. The courtroom cameras were provided by a pirate-radio station, while CNN journalists were ordered to remain outside during the proceedings.
Batman was chasing the nefarious Gotham City terrorist Ra's al Ghul, an Algerian who traveled to America to create an anarchistic-dominion in American cities. Ra's al Ghul distributed water-guns to kids in Gotham and New York boroughs before kidnapping the NYC mayor's daughter and holding her for ransom. Batman tracked Ra's to a desert where he was holding the mayor's daughter as hostage and decapitated him with his sword before dealing with his henchmen and rescuing the mayor's daughter. However, Sandra Woosan wanted to prosecute Batman for egregious punishment/violence, especially since everyone wanted to bring in Ra's al Ghul for interrogation and a televised interview. Woosan wanted to know what Batman had to say about Ra's 'scheme' about the symbolic distribution of water-guns to inner-city youth.
BATMAN: You wanted Ra's for a glorious media spectacle!
WOOSAN: The city wanted information and knowledge, and you behaved like a 'punisher.'
BATMAN: I did what I had to do to rescue the mayor's daughter.
WOOSAN: So what exactly do you think about Ra's' 'water-gun' spectacle?
BATMAN: Distributing water-guns to inner-city youth before kidnapping the mayor's daughter?
WOOSAN: Yes...
BATMAN: I think Ra's wanted us all to feel a bit helpless about 'modern civilization.'
WOOSAN: Yet, you had no hesitation with decapitating Ra's before he was legally tried?
BATMAN: Ra's was going to execute the mayor's daughter...I know it!
WOOSAN: Ra's' testimony was important for a deliberation about capitalism-terrorism.
BATMAN: Forget it, Sandra; Ra's cared nothing for 'due process' or 'debates.'
WOOSAN: Yet, you yourself admit he was certainly 'criminally-insane.'
BATMAN: I felt at the time I killed him that Ra's was incapable of any form of negotiation.
WOOSAN: So now that you're his 'replacement', what is your advice about water-guns?
BATMAN: I think this trial represents a social madness regarding consumerism ignorance.
WOOSAN: Alright; so you believe water-gun sales are simply representative of 'vanity.'
Sandra excused Batman from the stand, so that her 'opponent,' Jervis Tetch could present his counter-arguments in the form of a straightforward speech about water-guns, Ra's extreme execution, consumerism values, and the modern American city (and of course Batman!).
"Good people of Brooklyn, you know that Sandra Woosan and I (Jervis Tetch) were refugees during the Algerian terrorism crisis of the last decade and have since been 'integrated' into Gotham society as legal specialists and political counselors of this good nation. I respect Sandra's views and understand why her fans refer to her as 'Lady Shiva' (an allusion to Hinduism), while calling me the 'Mad Hatter' (an allusion to Lewis Carroll). From her interrogation of Batman, we saw that our 'good knight' (the masked vigilante) believes extreme execution of punishment was warranted when all this 'consumerism madness' led to a terrible circumstance involving a prestigious hostage and her potential extermination. We also saw that modern-day consumerism enables a cunning terrorist such as Ra's al Ghul to create 'insanity-schemes' designed to subvert traffic securities. So my question is simple, 'Is modern capitalism a thing of struggle'?"
Batman knew that Jervis's speech would provide the jury with a fair amount of empathy towards Batman's personal 'crusade' against terrorism and criminal-insanity in the modern American city, encouraging the judge/jury to consider why Batman's extreme act of punishment may have been a deed of 'swift justice' in a condition marked by obvious hysteria. However, Batman was worried that Sandra's insistence that Batman's neglect of due process and disregard for Gotham's interest in interviewing Ra's al Ghul on TV might influence the judge/jury to consider the 'wisdom' of condemning Batman for taking matters into his own hands. Batman also remembered all the colorful 'Lady Shiva' comic book memento trading-cards kids were distributing on the streets of Gotham. Batman felt the ill-wind of negative opinion swinging towards him...would he have to remove his sacred mask in front of the cameras?
The judge decided to allow Batman to speak in his own defense, so he did.
"Thanks, Judge Napier. I want to show the jury this stick-figure doodle a Gotham youngster made and presented to me. It depicts me in my cape-and-mask standing next to one of the Gotham monsters, a criminally-insane chainsaw-wielding sociopath named 'Leatherface.' The youngster obviously wanted to thank me, and in fact, he told me, I feel better about Home Depot hardware stores making it easy for anyone to walk in and purchase a dangerous chainsaw'! I was touched by this doodle-drawing and what the youngster told me and how he thanked me. It dawned on me that more important than considerations about 'due process' (e.g., bringing Ra's in for a 'politically-valuable TV interview') are considerations about 'justice fears' (e.g., worries regarding the immediate rescue of the mayor's daughter). I hope the jury will agree!"
After the jury deliberated for about two hours, they delivered the verdict of Not-Guilty, and Batman was freed and not required to remove his 'psyche-sacred' identity-veiling mask. The jury found that Batman was not guilty of the charge of obstructing justice or due-process when he decapitated Ra's al Ghul with one of Ra's' own sabres, since it was deemed that the return of the mayor's daughter was more important than any 'civics' consideration about a politically-weighty televised 'consumerism-evangelical' interview of Ra's al Ghul. Sandra Woosan fumed in anger, and Jervis Tetch smiled in delight. Batman returned to the streets, tracking his newest nemesis, a fast-food 'cynic' named Condiment King (a costumed sociopath who sprayed ketchup and mustard into the eyes of cops and vendors before slitting their throats).
THE END
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